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SUMMARY:Two types of success: epistemic exchange and societal impact in ex
 tra-academic research collaborations - Inkeri Koskinen (University of Hels
 inki)
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CONTACT:Matt Farr
DESCRIPTION:My aim in this paper is to criticise an assumption that is som
 etimes made explicitly in science policy\, but is usually implicit in the 
 literatures on extra-academic expertise and the democratisation of science
 . According to this assumption\, in research collaborations breaking the b
 oundaries of science\, success in creating the wanted societal impact requ
 ires successful epistemic exchange. I argue that this is not the case\, an
 d present a case study as a counterexample. It is possible to succeed in c
 reating the wanted societal impact through extra-academic collaboration wh
 ile failing in epistemic exchange.\n\nI will begin with an overview of a l
 arge and complex development: the democratisation of science and the incre
 ase of research collaborations with extra-academic experts. After that\, I
  introduce three measures of success relevant in this context\, focusing o
 n the latter two. Following Gibbons et al. (1994) I call the first measure
  scientific excellence as defined by disciplinary peers. The second is the
  created societal impact. Its importance is emphasised in virtually all of
  the literature on the democratisation of science and extra-academic exper
 tise – though the understanding of the nature of societal impact varies 
 greatly. The third measure is epistemic exchange. Researchers provide some
 thing to the extra-academic participants in a collaborative project\, but 
 also gain something: knowledge and skills from extra-academic experts\, a 
 better understanding of the values at stake from citizen participants\, or
  new perspectives and useful criticism from stakeholders (e.g. Epstein 199
 5\; Kitcher 2011\; Wylie 2015). The creation of functioning trading zones 
 (Galison 1997) or boundary objects (Star & Griesemer 1989) can be seen as 
 indicators of success in epistemic exchange.\n\nIt is often assumed in the
  literature that success in creating the wanted societal impact requires s
 uccessful epistemic exchange. I have conducted a case study where I follow
 ed a two-year research collaboration between social scientists\, journalis
 ts and artists. I use the case as a counterexample\, and argue that it is 
 possible to create the wanted societal impact through extra-academic colla
 boration\, even if the participants fail in epistemic exchange.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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